MAROON AND GOLD
Safurdav. December 11, 1937
Basketball Prospects
Good For Season
Honored For Brilliant Career
Post-Season Honors
Go To Elon Players
Basketball, king of winter
sporta, will soon be on the head
lines of the sport pages through
out the country, and from the way
things look now, Elon will be get
ting its share of those headline;.
Coach “Horse”HendrCckson has a
likely looking ;quad Jchis year,
packed with height, weight, anii
experience. Foar of last year’s
five starteis will be back for ac
tion this year. Tney^are: Hunk
Bradley, a mere 6 foot 5 in. 210
pound center; Lloyd Whitley, 6
foot 3 incher, who played so bril
liantly in his fieshman year last
season; Ike Fesmire, who stands
4 inches over 6 feet; and Rec.
Cromlish, colorful long shot artist,
who is only 6 ft. 2 inches, but if
given a chance he might grow.
James Abbitt and Ben “After Al.
These Years” Dilien, are fighting
it out for the opening berth, but
are getting plenty of competitioi
fro'ffl a host of new comers. Others
on the squad are: J. D. Odom
Roland Longest, and Nelson Blue,
each of whom saw some serviot
last year, and Claude Lawrence
Garland Causej', Joe Golombek
Amos Shelton, John Van “Wheel’
Barrow, Nelson Richardson, Roger
Flory, Joe Brennan, Tommy Gay
lord, Cleve Campbell, Van New
man, and Bob Hamilton, all new
comers.
The regular schedule, which
will open January 5 against Wash
ington and Lee, will be preceded
by a few warm up games with in
dependent teams^ One or these
occurred on Friday, December 3,
when the Elon team met the Duke
team and defeated the Blue Devils
23-22. Two extra periods were
necessary to play off a tie.
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RAMBLING
With Frank Donovan
a
Bud Noon’s ''nve^fgation and
a?earch to discover if Elon did
lot have the youngest c-oaching
taff proved to be sujcevsful. Bud
ww a column which appears in a
>ew York paper that Ljyola l'it>
versity of New Orleans had the
^ounge't s;*ff on record, so he
foiTvarded the columnist some sta
tistics as to the ages of otr
coaches, and brought the colum-
list’s records up to dale. The
'act that Elon has tl'.e y ;.unge t
staff appeared in the column a
hort t'me Inter. ‘>?i;e work. Bud.
Now how about finding out h:v/
old the fellows really are who a;e
going to play with the House of
David team in the intramural bas-
icetball league?
Speaking of intramurals, there
were .=to few who signed up for
lors^-sh.'.e pitching that there was
ao toiirnament. The toach-foot-
i>jll tu.-n-jut was. pretty good, and
so far the ba-kei,ball is shaping
up ni;eiy. But the.e are plenty
other sp.rts in which everyone
can p'artic.pa.e, prcvidei that
there are enough in.erested per
sons. The cold weather will drive
I us all ins-ide soon, -.o practice up
j.jn youf table tennTs (ping pong
: to you;e gays), for a big tourna
1 ment is to start shortly.
I. T. K. Emerges As
Champion of Touch
Football League
WRESTLING SQUAD
NEEDS RECRUITS
The L T. K. fraternity won the
school touch football champion
ship by winning over the Sigma
Phi Betas to the score of 26 to 0
in their second game. In the f^rst
game these two teams battled to a
jcoreless tie, but the offense of
:he I. T. K.’s was working much
better in the second . game and
;hey went over the oppo.-it-on in
a very effective manner.
All the games on the schedule
A'ere rougher than the rule^ per-
.nit, but no serious caS'Uaities took
place. The worst injuries, were
Coach “Mo” Power reports that
he turnout of the Varsity Wrest
ling Team this year has noit been
so hot. Coach Power has tenta
tive matohes booked with Ap;>ala-
h'an, Duke, and State, and he
^an get plenty more if enough
men turn out. There is not going
to bs a varsity wrestling team this
year unless enough men respond
to the call for candidates. To
have a com.,lete team, there have
to bs two men for each weigh*
whi.h m.ikes sixteen altogether.
So far, only thirteen have sign
fried the'r intention to join the
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-;praimed ankles, and sore hips; ,
, squad, and are gradually getting
»nly two or three were knocked,'.
, . , . , , . I into shape in the newly renovated
u; during the entire schedule. - i ' ,
, , ! wrestling room in the basement
In the first game between the , t- •
^f the gymnasium. Jimmie Wil-
winners. and the s:gma Phis, the' j
, , „ ,, burn. Art Lea, and Rigdon Grund-
I. T. K. boys woula frequently get ^
, , ^ man, are the enly veterans who
he ball down to the goal line but j ^ m
have turned out, so there are still
the defense of the Sigma Phis . ^ n, „
plenty of positions open for thoSe
never permitted them to reach the • u t .
. who wish to support a vars.ity
^ay-dirt. | earn a varsity letter.
In the second game they went 1 , * i ^ ^ 
i Its a great sport, plenty of fun,
down the field rapidly with run-; , , . ,.
■ and above all, it.puts you in fine
ning plays and a wide assortment' , _ oxi., v
® : shape. So, what say? Let s have
of passes, which repeatedly car- j i ^ j
. i .V 1 1- „ some more real grunt and groan-
ried them across the goal-line. | , ,
Whitley, Fuller, Lilien and Fow- soon, and have a var-
ler were the chief backfield stars sity team of which we can be
By Frank Donovan
The 19^^7 footbal! season may
be all over as far as Elon is con
cerned, but its memories will lin
ger on for quJte a Ion* time. The
record of the team speaks for it
self, but the achievements of sev
eral of the team members are
something that can be talked
about for years to come. James
Jack-Rabbit*’ Abbitt, the most
brillia-nt star in Elon football his
tory, was rewarded for hia ex
ceptional playing, by beinj? plac
ed on the AJl-Sfcate eleven. Ab
bitt, the choice of the leading
sporfai writers of the state, made
the second team due to the fact
that some of the lesser writers
of the state failed to see him in
action, and chose men from larger
schoo-ls. Big Hunk Bradley, bril
liant end; and Al Mastro, called
the jreiateit line-man in Elon his
tory received honorable mention.
The surprising fact is that Archie
Israel, who outplayed every cen
ter he apposed this season, failed
to receive any votes.
Five Christians were selected
of the All North State team; Two
cm the second team and three on
■:he third team, and that, my
friend?, is as near a clean sweep
as there ever wall be. This
p-roves, beyond a doubt, that Eton
had the strongest team in the con
ference, even though the Cannon
ade failed to win the title. Ab
bitt, the only unanimous choice,
was named ciaptain of this team.
James Day, 200 pound tackle;
Hunk Bradley, end; Archie Israel,
center; and Al Mastro, guard,
were the men chosen for the first
team. All except Israel are re
peaters, having been mentioned in
prevaows ytears. Joe Golembek,
210 pound freihman fulback; and
Captain Joe Caruso, sturdy and
capable blocking back were sec
ond team selections. Amos Shel-
tjn, who did so nobly heaving
touchdown passes; Ben Hurst,
tackle; and Art Lea, light but
flashy end, made the third out
fit. Each of these men has at
least one more season to go, and
■t is hoped they will fill the spots
left vacant on the first team by
those who will be graduated next
spring. Archie Israel, captain-
elect for 1938, still has another
year to go, so Elon will have
plenty of man power left for next
year to gain just as many berths
as this year.
Letters and sweaters were
awarded at the annual football
banquet to the following men:
•James Abbitt, John Beaver, Hal
Bradley, Horace Brannon, Ben
Bullock, Joe Caruso, Garland
Jausey, James Day, James Fritts,
Joe Golembek, Rigden Gfundman,
Ken Hurst, Archie Israel, Vincent
Kazlow, Art Lea, Walter Laugh
ton, Al Mastro, Charles Pittman,
V\’'ellington Saecker, Amos Sh«Jton,
Hal Watts, Jack Wilkerson, and
manager Bill Maness.
The following seniors received
gold footballs: Caruso, Abbitt,
Day, Mastro, Beaver, Bullock,
Bradley and Manets.
The echoes of applause and ad-
iiiira:ioit for Abbitt’s great kick-
,ng,- running, passing, ani general
football ability, did not only re
sound within the borders-of North
uaroliha. In the recently releas
ed Associated Presi AllyAimerican
Team, Abbitt was giveiT honorable
mention. The Associated Press
Team, which is ooniidered final
by the majority of football offi-
-ials, has a nation-wide scope, and
he honor to be mentioned on this
squad rrlust surely be degeryed.
Basketball Practice
The first week of basketball
practice at Elon has been complet
ed and pro.^pects for another
championship team seem fairly
good with the return of four of
last year’s first team regulars.
Only Paul Roye, who turned pro
fessional during the summer is
mis.?ing from the 1936-37 quintet.
Those returning are Capt. Hal
Bradley, center; Lloyd Whitely
and Ike Fesmire, forwards; and
Richard Cncunlish, guard.
James Abbitt, of football fame,
is the leading candidate to fill
Roye’s place at guard. Abbitt
served as understudy last year,
and proved to be a good defensive
man. However, an injured shoul
der. sustained during football sea
son, may prove to be an interfer-
ance during the early part of the
season.
A total of 25 men have been tak
ing part in practice thiii week.
They include the five mentioned
above and J. D. Odom, Roland
Longest, Nelson Blue, John Pierce.
Ben Lilien, Claude Lawrence, Gar
land Causey, Joe Golombek, Aanos
onelton, John Van Barrow, Nel
son Richardson, Roger Inman,
Bruce Flory, Joe Brennan, Tommy
Gaylord, Cleve Cumpbell, Van
Newman, and Bob Hamilton.
In announcing the schedule,
Coacli Horace Hendrickson stated
chat a few pre-holiday games
would be played with independent
teams, but that the regular sche
dule would open January 5 with
an extended northern tour. Twelve
conference games have been sche
duled. The schedule follows:
January 5, W^ishingtoJi and Lee,
there; January 6, V. M. I., there;
January 7, Navy App., there;
Jaftuary 8, St. John, there; Jan.
10, (Jeorge Washington, there;
January 11, Randolph Macon,
there; January 18, Guilford,
there; Jajiuary 20, Catawba, here;
January 22, High Point, here;
January 28, A. C. C., there; Jan.
31, Appalachian, here; February
3, A. C. C., here; February 5,
High Point, there; February 10,
Guilford, here; February 1‘2, Ca-
ta'Wba, there; February 17, Le-
noir-Rhyne, here; February 21,
Appalachian, there; February 22,
Lenoir-Rhyne, there.
Intramural Basketball
Season Begins Soon
The various intramural basket-
• ball squads on the campus have
; started practice and the majority
of the games will probably be
played before the Christmas holi
days.
From indications shown in the
workouts, the teams are going to
be pretty good this year. T>he in
tramural basketball teams hereto
fore have shown some pretty good
basketball, and have played some
very interesting games. This year
promises to keep up the tradition
of former years.
Since there are no freshman
squads here at Elon, many who
would go out for those squads
but w>ho are not out for the var
sity, will be playing on the various
intramural teams on the campus.
There eleven teams, and each
team must play every other team
so it looks as if the schedule will
be long and hard. The winners
will have won the championship
and medals after a schedule of
tough competition.
The games, will be played at
night, giving the students a
chance to see all of these intra
mural games.
The eleven teams which will be
in the competition are as follows:
Iota Tau Kappa, Sigma Phi Be
ta, Alpha Pi Delta, Kappa Pai Nu,
East Dormitory, North Dormi
tory (two teams). Publishing
Hous«, Day Students, Faculty.
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This is the last issue of the Maroon
and Gold before the Christmas holidays.
We’ll be seeing you eaily in January.
In the tneanlime good luck, happy hol
idays, and a very Merry Christmas to
you. - The Editors.
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